Measuring Similarity in the Objectives of Funded Research in Europe
Radim Hladík,1 Marc Bertin,2 Chérifa Boukacem-Zeghmouri2
1 Centre for Science, Technology, and Society Studies (CSTSS)
Institute of Philosophy, Czech Academy of Sciences
<hladik@flu.cas.cz>, <@hlageek@bsky.com>
2 ELICO
Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1
<marc.bertin@univ-lyon1.f>,
<cherifa.boukacem-zeghmouri@univ-lyon1.f>
If a practical definition of scientific excellence is emerging from the activities of ECR, we expect other funders to fund more ERC-like projects.
A convenience sample from European funding agencies providing project metadata including abstracts in English.
9 agencies / 8 countries + transnational ERC
| Year | ANR | GACR | DFG | ERC | NFR | FWO | SNSF | UKRI | VR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 238 | 670 | 317 | 273 | 53 | 129 | 612 | 1646 | 995 |
| 2010 | 753 | 470 | 439 | 483 | 41 | 157 | 729 | 1587 | 894 |
| 2011 | 727 | 442 | 428 | 695 | 70 | 140 | 669 | 1353 | 872 |
| 2012 | 709 | 459 | 682 | 780 | 43 | 148 | 781 | 1808 | 1065 |
| 2013 | 596 | 404 | 1026 | 881 | 41 | 219 | 773 | 1920 | 1019 |
| 2014 | 761 | 338 | 1237 | 902 | 45 | 182 | 741 | 1666 | 821 |
| 2015 | 767 | 538 | 1280 | 935 | 58 | 192 | 778 | 1631 | 791 |
| 2016 | 953 | 577 | 1468 | 928 | 50 | 220 | 696 | 1600 | 739 |
| 2017 | 1059 | 732 | 1451 | 935 | 44 | 259 | 635 | 1499 | 634 |
| 2018 | 1129 | 585 | 1666 | 1001 | 22 | 329 | 530 | 1394 | 718 |
| 2019 | 1150 | 681 | 2237 | 918 | 22 | 330 | 556 | 1324 | 720 |
| 2020 | 1211 | 544 | 2552 | 908 | 27 | 346 | 488 | 1181 | 720 |
| 2021 | 1770 | 329 | 2688 | 973 | 106 | 328 | 585 | 1485 | 739 |
| 2022 | 1698 | 475 | 2419 | 1043 | 11 | 328 | 585 | 1583 | 643 |